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REPORT ONE: The expense of maintaining local control.

REPORT TWO: Income Tax vs Property Tax for School Funding

REPORT THREE: If you pay it they will spend.

REPORT FOUR: Proposed reform legislation

REPORT FIVE: Alternative solutions to education finance reform

STATS & TABLES

The $200,000 Club: Illinois' highest paid public school employees

DeKalb County's Top 50: highest paid local public school employees

DeKalb County School Unit Comparisons

Comparing Tax Bills: How DeKalb County stacks up with other communities.

Comparing Illinois: State by State Individual Income Taxes

Comparing Illinois: State by State Corporate Income Taxes

Comparing Illinois: State by State Sales Taxes

Comparing Illinois: State by State Gasoline Taxes

Follow The Money: Illinois' Top Campaign Contributors

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Comparing Illinois
 State Individual Income Taxes

State Individual Income Taxes
(Tax rates for tax year 2003 -- as of January 1, 2003)
                                       
                                         
  ---Tax Rates---   # of --Income Brackets--   ---Personal Exemption--- Federal Tax
State Low   High     Brackets Low     High       Single   Married   Child   Ded.
ALABAMA 2.00   5.00     3 500 (b)   3,000 (b)     1,500   3,000   300   *
ALASKA NONE                                
ARIZONA 2.87   5.04     5 10,000 (b)   150,000 (b)     2,100   4,200   2,300    
ARKANSAS 1.00   6.50 (e)   6 2,999     25,000       20 (c) 40 (c) 20 (c)  
CALIFORNIA (a) 1.00   9.30     6 5,834 (b)   38,921 (b)     80 (c) 160 (c) 251 (c)  
COLORADO 4.63         1   -----Flat rate-----       None            
CONNECTICUT 3.00   4.50     2 10,000 (b)   10,000 (b)     12,500 (f) 24,000 (f) 0    
DELAWARE 2.20   5.95     7 5,000     60,000       110 (c) 220 (c) 110 (c)  
FLORIDA NONE                                
GEORGIA 1.00   6.00     6 750 (g)   7,000 (g)     2,700   5,400   2,700    
HAWAII (h) 1.40   8.25     8 2,000 (b)   40,000 (b)     1,040   2,080   1,040    
IDAHO 1.60   7.80     8 1,087 (h)   21,730 (h)     3,000 (d) 6,000 (d) 3,000 (d)  
ILLINOIS 3.00         1   -----Flat rate-----       2,000   4,000   2,000    
INDIANA 3.40         1   -----Flat rate-----       1,000   2,000   1,000    
IOWA (a) 0.36   8.98     9 1,211     54,495       40 (c) 80 (c) 40 (c) *
KANSAS 3.50   6.45     3 15,000 (b)   30,000 (b)     2,250   4,500   2,250    
KENTUCKY